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Whole Foods to take over Dominick's By SUMMER CONCEPCION Online Editor It's official: ,Whole Foods is coming to DePaul- but not everyone is thrilled about it. In an email to students and faculty Feb. 1, Fr. Holtschneider confirmed that the former Dominick's on DePaul's Lincoln Park campus is one of seven in the Chicago area being taken over by the natural and organic foods grocery chain. The fate of the former Dominick's located on the corner of Fullerton and Sheffield avenues has caused concern among DePaul students and Lincoln Park residents since closing Dec. 28. Now that Whole Foods is slated to move in, DePaul students are uncertain of how well it will suit their needs. Among the top concerns of Whole Foods' move-in is the grocery chain's affordability, or lack thereof. "I really wish a different grocery store would've decided to take over Dominick's," DePaul junior and Lincoln Park resident Alvssa Hall said. "Whole Foods is great and everything, except that it doesn't really have the most realistic prices for college students. Most of us go to school full-time and have minimum or just above minimum-wage jobs." DePaul junior and Lincoln Park resident Daniel Kummerer shares the same sentiment. "I was disappointed to hear that a Whole Foods is taking over the old Dominick's," Kummerer said. "It's kind of a slap in the face to students who can't afford See WHOLE FOODS, page 8 Special OPS: When the snow hits A behind-the-scenes look at keeping campus clear By GRANT MYATT News Editor Walking to early morning classes on campus during winter, students and staff are welcomed to pristine shoveling and salted sidewalks, despite above average snowfall amounts this year. But nothing is different for the DePaul Facility Operations crew. They brave the elements to ensure that all campuses are ready by 7 a.m., regardless of conditions. Since they work early mornings to make DePaul a safe place for everyone, one may assume their job goes unnoticed. "I wouldn't say that," Joshua Bielecki, a custodial grounds crew worker at DePaul for six years, said. "They see it, they appreciate it, they let us know." After four or five days in a row working in the snow, Bielecki said sometimes it just takes a simple email to raise their spirits. "I'll print out an email and show the whole crew it's really great to see that," he said. One of the most challenging parts for crews this winter is the long hours. Depending on conditions, facility operations workers can come in as early 4 or 5 a.m. and then continue to work a full shift. "During weeks where we get multiple overnight snows or larger accumulations, this can be especially taxing," Richard Wiltse, director of Loop Campus facility operations, said. "Then at the end of the day, they still need to go home and address the snow at their own homes." This year crews have already put in considerable overtime. There have been about half a dozen times where crews started See SNOW, page 5 The Blue Demon 'booze cruise' City-style tailgating on the bus to Rosemont By MARIA ELIAS Contributing Writer DePaul is not known as a big, party school. Being in the heart of Chicago, DePaul freshmen immediately jump into the bar scene, leaving the typical college experience of small towns, Frat parties and tailgates for the movies. Surprisingly for most though, the school buses that take students from DePaul's Lincoln Park campus to AllState Arena for the men's basketball games serves as the only avenue students have for that typical state school partying. "I come here to sing a fight song with all my friends on the bus," senior Milan Gacanovic says while holding a Coors Lite in the air. "But only after we shotgun a beer." At 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, DePaul students gathered on Sheffield Avenue holding cases of beer in their arms and bottles of Vodka in their backpacks while waiting to board the three school buses headed to watch the Blue Demons take on the Providence Friars. While the buses leave an hour before tip-off, the students start their pregame show long before the road trip begins. After drinking at their apartments, the students continue on the buses as they cheers with old and new friends while singing DePaul chants and fight songs. "Take a pull for the Blue See BUS, page 25 An employee spreads salt on the sidewalk outside the DePaul Center near State Street on Jackson Boulevard after a recent snow storm. Students on the basketball bus chant and sing school fight songs to pass the time on the 40-minute ride to AllState Arena in Rosemont, III.

Whole Foods to take over Dominick's By SUMMER CONCEPCION Online Editor It's official: ,Whole Foods is coming to DePaul- but not everyone is thrilled about it. In an email to students and faculty Feb. 1, Fr. Holtschneider confirmed that the former Dominick's on DePaul's Lincoln Park campus is one of seven in the Chicago area being taken over by the natural and organic foods grocery chain. The fate of the former Dominick's located on the corner of Fullerton and Sheffield avenues has caused concern among DePaul students and Lincoln Park residents since closing Dec. 28. Now that Whole Foods is slated to move in, DePaul students are uncertain of how well it will suit their needs. Among the top concerns of Whole Foods' move-in is the grocery chain's affordability, or lack thereof. "I really wish a different grocery store would've decided to take over Dominick's," DePaul junior and Lincoln Park resident Alvssa Hall said. "Whole Foods is great and everything, except that it doesn't really have the most realistic prices for college students. Most of us go to school full-time and have minimum or just above minimum-wage jobs." DePaul junior and Lincoln Park resident Daniel Kummerer shares the same sentiment. "I was disappointed to hear that a Whole Foods is taking over the old Dominick's," Kummerer said. "It's kind of a slap in the face to students who can't afford See WHOLE FOODS, page 8 Special OPS: When the snow hits A behind-the-scenes look at keeping campus clear By GRANT MYATT News Editor Walking to early morning classes on campus during winter, students and staff are welcomed to pristine shoveling and salted sidewalks, despite above average snowfall amounts this year. But nothing is different for the DePaul Facility Operations crew. They brave the elements to ensure that all campuses are ready by 7 a.m., regardless of conditions. Since they work early mornings to make DePaul a safe place for everyone, one may assume their job goes unnoticed. "I wouldn't say that," Joshua Bielecki, a custodial grounds crew worker at DePaul for six years, said. "They see it, they appreciate it, they let us know." After four or five days in a row working in the snow, Bielecki said sometimes it just takes a simple email to raise their spirits. "I'll print out an email and show the whole crew it's really great to see that," he said. One of the most challenging parts for crews this winter is the long hours. Depending on conditions, facility operations workers can come in as early 4 or 5 a.m. and then continue to work a full shift. "During weeks where we get multiple overnight snows or larger accumulations, this can be especially taxing," Richard Wiltse, director of Loop Campus facility operations, said. "Then at the end of the day, they still need to go home and address the snow at their own homes." This year crews have already put in considerable overtime. There have been about half a dozen times where crews started See SNOW, page 5 The Blue Demon 'booze cruise' City-style tailgating on the bus to Rosemont By MARIA ELIAS Contributing Writer DePaul is not known as a big, party school. Being in the heart of Chicago, DePaul freshmen immediately jump into the bar scene, leaving the typical college experience of small towns, Frat parties and tailgates for the movies. Surprisingly for most though, the school buses that take students from DePaul's Lincoln Park campus to AllState Arena for the men's basketball games serves as the only avenue students have for that typical state school partying. "I come here to sing a fight song with all my friends on the bus," senior Milan Gacanovic says while holding a Coors Lite in the air. "But only after we shotgun a beer." At 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, DePaul students gathered on Sheffield Avenue holding cases of beer in their arms and bottles of Vodka in their backpacks while waiting to board the three school buses headed to watch the Blue Demons take on the Providence Friars. While the buses leave an hour before tip-off, the students start their pregame show long before the road trip begins. After drinking at their apartments, the students continue on the buses as they cheers with old and new friends while singing DePaul chants and fight songs. "Take a pull for the Blue See BUS, page 25 An employee spreads salt on the sidewalk outside the DePaul Center near State Street on Jackson Boulevard after a recent snow storm. Students on the basketball bus chant and sing school fight songs to pass the time on the 40-minute ride to AllState Arena in Rosemont, III.